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How award-winning Singaporean pianist Li Churen deals with pressure and criticism
The classical pianist may have achieved significant milestones at a young age, but can’t say she sees herself as a prodigy

School of Concepts founder Mint Lim envisions a world that leaves no child behind
A chat with Cartier Women’s Initiative 2023 Fellow Mint Lim on expanding her award-winning and inclusive brand of education to Malaysia

From MasterChef Junior to chocolatier: How Louise Mabulo is making cacao farming cool
The environmentalist and founder of The Cacao Project talks about her guilty pleasure—chocolates, duh—and why she sees cacao as the solution to helping farmers in the Philippines build more resilient livelihoods

How this environmental activist breaks down complex issues with Instagram graphics
Armed with an iPad and an Apple Pencil, Woo Qiyun is making sustainability more accessible with her Instagram @theweirdandwild, one infographic at a time

AI has made it so that we cannot trust our own eyes. Here’s how we can fight misinformation
Deepfakes are threatening privacy and security. Detection methods using deep learning aim to combat this but there’s a long way to go.

How sustainability rewards app Zero2 is uniting Hong Kongers to go green
At the launch event of its Live Local campaign, Arthur Lam of Negawatt Utility, the prop-tech company behind the app, describes his hope of propelling the city into the next frontier of sustainability

The hidden potential for bamboo as a sustainable construction material, according to an impact entrepreneur
Lucas Loo’s sustainable startup, Sead Industries, is focused on combating climate change while empowering ‘Orang Asli’ communities by transforming bamboo into the construction material of the future

Would Leonardo da Vinci have used AI?
Artificial intelligence could help artists spark an era of free thought and new ideas in the arts and elsewhere

Who is Jensen Huang, the Nvidia tech billionaire leading the global AI revolution?
The Nvidia CEO founded the trillion-dollar company that has become the world’s engine for AI

The lawyer who’s making a difference among Singapore’s most vulnerable
A lawyer by day and a social advocate by night, Renita Sophia Crasta is determined to find solutions to issues facing women, seniors, low‑income families and migrant workers

How the Malaysian animation studio behind ‘BoBoiBoy’ and ‘Mechamato’ is exporting its stories across Asia
Mohd Nizam Abdul Razak, CEO of Malaysian animation studio Monsta, opens up about being a kid at heart and finding creative inspiration in everyday objects

When gig goes big: How AI can transform freelance into fortune
Emerging nations have a real opportunity to leverage AI and cash in on knowledge-based work which allows flexibility

Young people are getting angrier about climate change—and that anger may yet save us
Across the globe, more young people are expressing anger about climate change. And that, experts say, may not necessarily be a bad thing

5 young leaders championing sustainability in Singapore
Sustainability has been at the forefront of everyone’s minds. Here are the young people using their resources in Singapore to make a difference

We held a private screening of Afghan activist Mahbouba Seraj’s documentary—and we can’t stop thinking about it
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we screened ‘The Noble Guardian’, an eye-opening film directed by award-winning journalist Anna Coren on the life of girls and women in Afghanistan—and the tenacity of one woman in trying to alleviate their plight



